A Microsoft-led team of physicists retracts a widely-read 2018 paper on quantum computing, touted as a breakthrough, saying evidence was selectively presented
In 2018, A Microsoft-backed team claimed to have found Majorana particles. Microsoft said the discovery would allow for a useful quantum computer within five years. Turns out the researchers left out key data. The paper has now been retracted: https://www.wired.com/...
Before anyone piles on: 1) Everyone is capable of making this kind of mistake 2) This is how science is supposed to work; you find your evidence, peers review it, and if you are wrong, you admit it. https://www.wired.com/...
The 2018 report in Nature claimed to have found evidence of an elusive subatomic particle. A review found that the group had omitted key data. https://www.wired.com/...
It's official: The 2018 Microsoft-backed physics paper claiming to have sighted Majorana particles—crucial to the company's quantum computing plans—has been retracted. Team admits selectively presenting data in Nature, but report says no intent to deceive. https://www.wired.com/.…